by HappyCamper » 09 Dec 2023 Read
Cricket. Which Australian test bowler, nick named Dizzy, holds the record for the highest total made by a night watchman, having scored 201 not out in a test match against Bangladesh in Chittagong?
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Dec 2023 Read
Jason Gillespie?
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by HappyCamper » 09 Dec 2023 Read
Juddernaut88 wrote:Jason Gillespie?
Correct!
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Dec 2023 Read
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by Juddernaut88 » 09 Dec 2023 Read
Who is Australia's all time highest run scorer in both Test Cricket and ODI?
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by Juddernaut88 » 10 Dec 2023 Read
Nope
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by Juddernaut88 » 10 Dec 2023 Read
Nope
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by Juddernaut88 » 10 Dec 2023 Read
Nope.
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by McManusFan » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Is it one of the ones caught sticking the ball down his knickers?
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by Juddernaut88 » 11 Dec 2023 Read
McManusFan wrote:Is it one of the ones caught sticking the ball down his knickers?
Nope.
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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Warner
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by Juddernaut88 » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Nope, It was a player that retired in 2012. He was in his peak in the late 90s and throughout the 2000s.
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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Must be Ricky Ponting.
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by chengdufan » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Mark Taylor?
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by Juddernaut88 » 11 Dec 2023 Read
RunningSide wrote:Must be Ricky Ponting.
He's done it

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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Another famous Ricky, who did Ricky Gervais manage during his early pop career, went on to be very well known.
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by SnookerEd25 » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Shakin’ Stevens?
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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
SnookerEd25 wrote:Shakin’ Stevens?
Not shakin, Selby’s favourite.
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by McManusFan » 11 Dec 2023 Read
One of the Take Thats?
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by Iranu » 11 Dec 2023 Read
I bucking know this but I can’t remember.
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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
None right yet
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by Iranu » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Is it Suede?
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by RunningSide » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Iranu wrote:Is it Suede?
Well remembered Iranu, Suede it was.
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by Iranu » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Suede are often credited with ‘launching’ the 90s cultural phenomenon of Britpop. This happened when they were featured on the cover of which magazine*?
(* Not to be confused with Which? magazine)
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by SnookerEd25 » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Probably something like ‘Loaded’
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by Prop » 11 Dec 2023 Read
I think that was Melody Maker.
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by Iranu » 11 Dec 2023 Read
Prop wrote:I think that was Melody Maker.
It was! Although Loaded would also have been a hell of a launching pad. So to speak.
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